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2019 Gala: Cirque au Centre
Friday, October 11 at 5:30pm
Fundraiser for The Center for the Arts. An evening of spectacular big top entertainment!
T-Shirt Design Contest
Submission Deadline: October 15, 5pm
The Center for the Arts is renovating it’s building and anticipating an exciting opening season this Winter! We need YOU to submit a t-shirt design for the opening of The New Center and the chance to win $500!
Michael Franti & Spearhead
Tuesday, October 15
Michael Franti believes that there is a great battle taking place in the world today between cynicism and optimism, so he made his most recent album, Stay Human Vol. II, to remind himself and anyone else who’s listening, that there is still good in the world and that it is worth fighting for.
Rodney Crowell
Saturday, November 9
Join us for The Center OnTheGo Series presenting Rodney Crowell. The revelations are in the reveling, and in Crowell’s joyful ownership of songs that have become dear companions. We arrive as honored guests, here to listen to an artist’s true self.
Storm Large
Sunday, December 8, 2019
Doors 6:30 PM | Show 7:30 PMStorm Large is a musician, actor, playwright, and author with ties to San Francisco and Portland, OR. She was also a 2006 finalist on the CBS show Rock Star: Supernova. $30-$40 Members, $35-$45 Regular.
Mark O’Connor Band
Saturday, December 14, 2020
Doors 7:00pm | Show 8:00pmGrammy winner Mark O’Connor blends American fiddling with French jazz into a new American classical music. An Appalachian Christmas is a wondrous mixture of Christmas carols, fiddling, bluegrass and other traditional music.
Windham Hill’s Winter Solstice
Thursday, December 19, 2019
Doors 6:30 pm | Show 7:30 pmWill Ackerman, Barbara Higbie and Todd Boston celebrate the 35th anniversary of Windham Hill Records’ Winter Solstice acoustic album series.
Irish Christmas in America
Friday, December 20, 2019
Doors 7:00pm | Show 8:00pmIn its 14th season, the Irish Christmas in America show features top Irish music, song and dance in an engaging performance rich in history, humour and boundless energy. $35-$45 Members, $40-$50 Regular
John McCutcheon
Saturday, January 11th 2020
Doors 6:30 PM | Show 7:30 PMStrings Concerts Presents: John McCutcheon in a Fundraiser for KVMR with Red Tail Ring opening.
The Mother Hips
Friday, January 31, 2020
Doors 7:00pm | Show 8:00pmThe San Francisco rock band, The Mother Hips have never been ones to follow convention. Rich melodies, firmly rooted in gritty rock and roll and the evocative storytelling are what The Mother Hips do best. $20-$30 Members, $25-$35 Regular
Terry Riley, Gyan Riley, & Kronos Quartet
Saturday, February 8, 2020
Doors 7:00 PM | Show 8:00 PMInternationally renowned American composer Terry Riley celebrates his 85th birthday with San Francisco’s Kronos Quartet.
Riders in the Sky
Thursday, February 13, 2020
Doors 6:30 PM | Show 7:30 PMPurveyors of “Comedy & Western!” For more than thirty years Riders In The Sky have been revitalizing Western music, while branding the genre with their own legendary wacky humor and way-out Western wit.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Tuesday, February 18, 2020
Doors 6:30 PM | Show 7:30 PMAs South Africa’s Cultural Ambassadors to the World, Ladysmith Black Mambazo sings of peace, of love and for people to live in harmony. The Tony Nominated and Grammy winning group was featured on Paul Simon’s “Graceland’ among many other film and music projects.
1000 Kisses Deep – The Songs of Leonard Cohen
Saturday, February 29th, 2020
Doors 6:30pm | Show 7:30pmPaul Emery presents A Thousand Kisses Deep: The Songs of Leonard Cohen, a reprise of his triumphant tribute to one of the most fascinating and enigmatic singer/songwriters of the late 60s, according to a press release.
The World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Doors 6:30 PM | Show 7:30 PMThe most popular and sought after big band in the world. With its unique jazz sound the Glenn Miller Orchestra is considered to be one of the greatest bands of all time.
Masters of Hawaiian Music
Friday, March 27 ,2020
Doors 7:00 PM | Show 8:00 PMThree Masters, featured regularly at Maui’s renowned “Slack Key Show®” share Hawai’i’s unique guitar styles, with origins in paniolo (Hawaiian cowboy) culture. $30-$40 Members | $35-$45 Regular
DakhaBrakha
Saturday, April 4, 2020
Doors 7:00pm | Show 8:00pmDakhaBrakha means give/take in the old Ukrainian language. Reflecting fundamental elements of sound and soul, the world-music quartet from Kyiv, Ukraine creates an unexpected new music.
Arlo Guthrie
Thursday, April 23, 2020
Doors 7:00 PM | Show 8:00 PMGuthrie helped define the singer-songwriter genre burgeoning in the seventies. Guthrie delivers an astounding time capsule with over thirty albums. This tour marks the 50th anniversay of “Alice’s Restaurant.” $70-$80 Members, $75-85 Regular
Marc Cohn
Friday, April 24, 2020
Doors 7:00pm | Show 8:00pmAfter winning a Grammy for his “Walking in Memphis,” Marc Cohn solidified his place as one of this generation’s most compelling singer-songwriters rooted in the rich ground of American rhythm and blues, soul and gospel.